Top Crypto News from Asia — July 30th- August 1st

We’ve partnered with Sam Lessin and the team from Slow Ventures to support early childhood education.

At Global Coin Research, we are very passionate about Cryptocurrency education. As a result, we started Blockchains for Schools, a Cryptocurrency research summer program for high school students. This summer, we had the privilege of having local New York City public high school students Raunak Chowdhury and Kevin Li from Stuyvesant High School, Jerry Yu from Brooklyn Tech to be part of the program this summer. Check out what cool things they’ve been up to and their research projects at BlockchainsforSchools.com!

Global Coin Research is proud to support Sam Lessin in his new book, “B is for Bitcoin”, a lovingly written and illustrated children’s primer on Bitcoin- from Algorithm to Zero knowledge proof. Sam is currently the CEO of Fin & Partner at Slow Ventures, and was formerly VP of Product at Facebook.

If you buy “B is for Bitcoin”-know that all the profits from the book are going to early childhood education non-profits. You can purchase the book here. Also be sure to share on your social media.

In fact, for this whole week, we are also running a lottery for our readers at Global Coin Research.

Win a signed copy of the book and an invite to the “B for Bitcoin” private launch party in San Francisco, hosted by The Information and Blockchain in early August. All you have to do is Tweet out this TWEET or your own version but make sure to tag us so we know who you are!

Andrew Yang, a second-generation Chinese American running for U.S. presidency as a Democrat in 2020, has announced his acceptance of cryptocurrency and Venmo as forms of donation. https://on.china.cn/2vsuUae

*China Media* Blockchain technology has been explored in multiple ways under the Xiong’an region of China. Google Translated News

In our upcoming podcast episode, our guest will be Zac Cheah, CEO of Pundi X, who will be sharing his observations of the Southeast Asia Crypto markets- Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, as well as his insights on the Cryptocurrency market evolution and adoption. Be sure to follow him on Twitter to learn more about Pundi X.

Please send in any questions or topics you’d like our guests to discuss in our upcoming podcast.

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In our last episode, Joyce Yang from Global Coin Research is joined by Jake Smith and Mike Malley, both of whom are advisors to bitcoin.com. Both Jake and Mike grew up in the state but have spent a combined over 30 years in Asia, specifically China and Japan. Fun fact- Jake was the first person to make a retail transaction in Bitcoin in China in 2013.

In our conversation, we cover topics including the differences between the United States, and Japanese and Chinese Cryptocurrency communities and culture, growing adoption locally in Japan and the international adoption of Bitcoin Cash. Check it out!